Optimal funding allocation strategies for safety improvements on urban intersections

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-133

  Mishra, Sabyasachee ^a   Golias, Mihalis M ^a   Sharma, Sushant ^b   Boyles, Stephen D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic competitiveness; Equity in opportunity; Equity in outcome; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPETITION; FINANCE; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LOCATION; LOSSES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALLOCATION STRATEGY; ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; EQUITY IN OPPORTUNITY; EQUITY IN OUTCOME; OPTIMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACHES; URBAN INTERSECTIONS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

COMPETITIVENESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN AREA;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926384439     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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